Trigger event on uploading file to Google Drive folder-CodePudding

Is there a way to monitor a Google Drive folder to trigger an Apps Script (or otherwise in GCP) when a new file is uploaded to that folder?

CodePudding user response：

Google drive api supports push notifications you could set up your server to listen for changes in the directory.

POST https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/fileId/watch
Authorization: Bearer auth_token_for_current_user
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": "01234567-89ab-cdef-0123456789ab", // Your channel ID.
  "type": "web_hook",
  "address": "https ://mydomain.com/notifications", // Your receiving URL.
  ...
  "token": "target=myApp-myFilesChannelDest", // (Optional) Your channel token.
  "expiration": 1426325213000 // (Optional) Your requested channel expiration time.
}

The question is weather or not the notification will pick up that a new file was uploaded or if its just going to notify you for something like a name change on the directory.

check notification-events